Metal corner for oil-cloths



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W. L. BAKER.

METAL CORNER FOR OIL GLOTHS, &c,

No. 250,687. Patented Dec. 13,1881."

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VALLAOE L. BAKER, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

ME TAL CORNER FOR OlL-CLOTHS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,637, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed October 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALLACE L. BAKER, of Painesville. in the couuty'of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Corners for Oil-Cloths, 86C. 3 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to metallic binding; and it consists, as an article of manufacture, of a sheet-metal corner-piece struck up from a single piece of sheet metal, and consisting of a plate provided with a vertical flange and also a second flange struck up from the body of the plate.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a metal corner constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 through the line 00:10. Fig. 3 is an isometric view of the bottom or lower side of a metal corner constructed according to my invention.

In the said drawings, A represents the body of the corner-piece, which is adapted to cover the corner of oil or other cloth, provided with a flange, B, which flange is at right angles with the main body of the corner-piece, and when in position is adapted to rest upon the floor outside of the oil or other cloth whose cornerit protects. A second flange, C, is struck up from the bodyAupon itsinnercornenwhich forms a heavy bearing upon the oil or other (No model.)

cloth which the corner encompasses, and is intended to hold the corner rigidly in place.

I am aware that heretofore it has been common to bind the edges of oil and other floor cloths with narrow strips of metal, known as edging, such sheet-metal strips being bent around the four sides of the cloth, covering the edges thereof to protect them and prevent the edges from wearing.

I am also aware that corner-pieces have been made provided with a flange which has V- sliaped portions out from it, so that it may be adapted to inclose the edge of the oil or other cloth and be bentdown upon its under side. The manufacture of such a corner is attended with considerable expense, while my device can be made cheaply and quickly by simply cutting the blanks from pieces of sheet metal and striking them into form at a single operation.

What I claim is- As a new article of manufacture, a cornerpiece for oil and other cloths struck up from a singlepiece of sheet metal, and consisting of the body A, having the vertical flange B and an interior curved flange, 0, adapted to constitute a heavy bearing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALLACE L. BAKER.

Witnesses:

A. A. AMIDON, J NO. GRoWELL, J r. 

